#poemontrial by Meira Asher
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was convicted by an Israeli court in Nazareth of “incitement to violence” for a poem she wrote. The prosecution demanded a long prison sentence and final sentencing was announced on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Dareen spent a total of THREE years under house arrest and in prison, between October 2015 - September 2018. She was released on September 21, 2018 on probation with the condition that she not publish any political art work. On November 29, 2018 she stood before the court once again, appealing against her verdict...
Aired during 3-10.11.2018 by 11 radio stations in Europe and the US.
credits
from radioworks_vol.02, released December 2, 2022
Recorded, edited and produced by Meira Asher, radioart106.
Voiceover - Antye Greie.
Image - Dareen Tatour
featuring music by Kohn / AGF / David Oppenheim / Dror Feiler / Anne-Line Drocourt / FeralMind with Claudia Wegener / Wild Anima with Selma Zghidi) Valerie Vivancos with Bernard Clarke and Dinah Bird / Phill Will / Rim Banna / Maruda with Mounia R. / Naseer Shamma / Floy Krouchi and Meira Asher.
Some of this music and more, can be found on the solidarity campaign album #poemontrial at dareentatour.bandcamp.com
all sale proceeds are utilised to assist Dareen’s legal challenge.